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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring
I've heard that in some circles in Russia there is still a respect of the Vikings who came there. There are even folks building viking ships and sailing on the Volga or some other river etc.
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Northern Russians are a mixture of slavic, finn, and germanic people (vikings - they are called varjags there).
Varjags (vikings) were military nobility of the area - warriors, traiders, sailors.
Now Russians would reenact it as a touch to their own acient history.